Sulky.



A. OLOUGHLIN.

SULKY.

APPUCATION FILED JULY 14. 19M.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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ALLAN OLOUGHLIN, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO HELEN L. OLOUGHLIN,OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SULKY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed July 14, 1914. Serial No. 850,885.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALLAN OLOUGHLIN, asubject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at St. Paul,in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Sulkies, of which the following is aspecification. I

My invention relates to improvements in racing sulkies, its object beingto provide a construction of sulky by which the horse is relieved fromthe jar and pressure of the shaft caused by the weight of the driver andmovement of the sulky.

A further object of the invention is to secure a construction of sulkywhich is particularly light and collapsible for the purpose of shipment.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming partof this specification, Figure lrepresents a plan view of a sulky embodying my features of invention;and Fig. 2 is a section on line ww of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I provide a frame A preferably of tubing,the down wardly projecting front end 2 of the frame being formed withjournal supports for the axles 3 of the side wheels l. As shown, theframe consists of parallel bars 5 and 6 sufficiently spaced apart sothat the ends 2 of the bars receive the ends of the axles 3, the bar 5as shown standing centrally below the level of the bar 6.

Projecting rearwardly from the center of the frame A is a supportingframe for a third wheel 7 consisting of an upper bar 8 and lower bars 9carried by a downwardly extending fork 10, said fork at its lower endconstituting journal supports for the axle 11 of the wheel. The bars 9at their front ends have swivel support 12 upon the bar 5 of the frameA. The bar 8 at its front end is adapted to be clamped to the bar 6 ofthe frame. A suitable seat 14: is supported on the frame as by havingsuitable support 15 upon the bar 6 and being preferably slidable withreference to saidsupport. A pair of shafts B have connection 16 at theirinner ends and are formed upon their sides with downwardly and outwardlyprojecting brackets 17. The brackets 17 as shown have pivotal supportupon the inner ends of the wheel axles at 18. Stirrups 19 projectinwardly from the sides of the frame A above the brackets 17 thusallowing the driver to secure a rest for his feet independent of andoutside of the shafts. Each shaft is preferably separable at 20 so thatthe ends can be taken off for the purpose of packing.

For the purpose of shipment the seat 4: can be swung forwardly away fromthe supporting frame of the rear wheel and the clamp loosened to allowthe supporting frame of the rear wheel to be swung underneath the frameA and into the space be tween the inner ends of the shafts. By havingthe shafts pivotally supported as shown upon the three wheel frame, andthe drivers seat and stirrups carried by the frame independently of theshafts, I secure a construc tion in which none of the drivers weightcomes on the horse and in which the horse is relieved from the jars andstrains that are unavoidable with the ordinary construction of sulky. Inthe ordinary racing sulky the weight of the driver and the pressing ofthe feet against the stirrups carried by the shafts result in a strainupon the horse and the breaking of the ho-rses wind and otherdisadvantages, all of which are removed by my construction with itsindependently pivoted shafts, and I secure a much faster sulky than theordinary type.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a sulky of the class described, the combination of aframesupported on three wheels, and a pair of shafts having pivotal supportupon said frame inside the side wheels and at a point some distance infront of the rear ends of the shafts.

2. A sulky of the class described comprising a frame having forwardlyprojecting sides, a pair of wheels supported in the ends of said sides,a wheel centrally supported in the rear of said frame, and a pair ofshafts pivotally supported upon said frame sides at a point somedistance in front of the rear ends of the shafts.

3. A sulky of the class described comprising a frame including forwardlyprojecting sides, a pair of wheels supporting the ends of said sides, awheel centrally supporting the rear of said frame, a pair of shaftsconnected at their rear ends, and a pivotal supporting connectionbetween the sides of the Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for rear ends and the forwardlyprojecting sides of the frame, and stirrups secured upon the forwardlyprojecting sides of said frame alongside the sides of said shafts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

ALLAN OLOUGrl-ILIN.

Vitnesses H. SWANSON, AUTHUR P. Lo'rrmor.

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